Delray Man Crashes Car Through Wall

DELRAY BEACH - — A man driving near the Auburn Trace apartments on Thursday apparently had a seizure, causing him to crash through a privacy wall at the complex, officials said.

Alphonso Carnegie, 47, of Delray Beach, was in stable condition at Delray Community Hospital late Thursday.

Police said there were no other passengers in the car or pedestrians injured in the 11:09 a.m. crash.

Police Lt. Marc Woods said Carnegie was in an '80s model Chevrolet Caprice heading south on Southwest 10th Avenue when he went off the road, through the intersection of Southwest Fourth Street and crashed through a privacy wall at Auburn Trace. The wall was 12 inches thick.

The car then hit a tree, and pieces of the wall destroyed parts of a fence, said Bob Herron, Auburn Trace maintenance supervisor. Additional apartment property was not damaged, Herron said.

Woods said Carnegie apparently suffered some kind of seizure immediately before the crash.

The speed at which Carnegie was driving has not been determined; there were no skid marks on the road.

Records from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in Tallahassee show Carnegie's license has been suspended since July for driving without insurance.